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Adjustment of Status Guide 2012

Adjustment of Status Guide 2012

Adjustment of Status (Green Card) Guide

EasyFianceVisa.com, LLC (888) 902-9285 Phone
4901 Morena Blvd, Suite 111 (619) 378-6556 Fax
San Diego, CA 92117 [email protected]

Congratulations and Welcome

Thank you for choosing EasyFianceVisa.com, LLC – We are here to ensure that your new family stays together
legally in the United States of America. This can be a lengthy, probing, and stressful time for both you and
your loved one, so we have created this guide to help assist you throughout the multiple steps of the
Adjustment of Status (AOS) application process. If you read this document thoroughly and FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS, you and your spouse will get through this process as quickly and as easily as possible!

We are quite confident that our website and this guide will answer any questions you may have throughout
this process. However, if you still need help you may call or email us with your questions. The initial email
you receive assigns you a case worker; they are your best point of contact throughout this process. That said,
if your caseworker is unavailable, our entire staff can likely answer any question you may have about your
case or the process in general.

Overview of the Adjustment of Status Process

Before we can file your paperwork, you need to be married and provide us with the information the
government requires to file a success petition. If your spouse arrived on a K1 Fiancé Visa, you MUST
marry and file this petition with 90 days of your spouse’s arrival to the USA to avoid complications.

Step One – In general, the process begins with the collection of biographical and historical data for both you
and your spouse. We will also need proof of your marriage and details about your genuine ongoing
relationship. The government also requires detailed financial support information and information about
future travel plans, if any, that may take your spouse out of the country while this process is pending.

The exact ‘Needed Information’ we require to file a successful petition can be found in the following pages
of this guide. Please use www.EasyVisaWeb.com to upload all of the requested information, documents,
scans, and photos. You can email us at [email protected] and/or mail us the required information if
needed, but we prefer that you use EasyVisaWeb.com. Once you have given us all of the information we
have requested, please let us know by phone or email so we can proceed. If you used our services for the K1
visa, you only need to update your biographical info. For example, we need to know if you moved or
changed jobs. In any case, we will still need marriage, financial, and relationship information.

Step Two – We will review what you have submitted for completeness. If we require additional information,
we will let you know. Please give us a few business days to review what you have submitted. If you have
given us everything we need, we will complete your forms and then email them to you within a few
business days for your review and signature. You will then need to print and send the forms via mail back
to our office, along with the check for the Department of Homeland Security for $1070 to cover the filing fee
and biometrics. Once received, we will then combine the forms with the evidence and other documents
that support your petitions and forward it to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

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You will be notified via email the day we send out your petition. While we do our best to get petitions out
as quick as possible, we will not risk serious delay or denial to save a day or two. The pre-filing process
typically requires a few business days for petition compilation and thorough review.

Step Three – A few weeks after your petition is sent to the USCIS, you will receive I-797C receipt notices for
each filing. This notice will give you a case number that begins with MSC and is followed by several
numbers. This means that the government has received your petition. Please send us a copy of the I-797C
receipt notices.

Once you receive your receipt number(s), you can sign up with USCIS for e-mail updates if you wish. Go to
www.uscis.gov and click on the link to sign up on the bottom left corner of the page. You can also call
1 (800) 375-5283 if you don’t receive a receipt within 30 days.

Once your petitions are submitted and received, your spouse is ‘legal’ here, even if the 90 days pass.

Average Approval Times

Temporary Work Authorization: Typically takes 1-2 months.
Advanced Parole (Temporary Travel Permit): Typically takes 1-2 months, sometimes faster in an emergency.
Adjustment of Status (Green Card): Typically takes 3-6 months, but it could be up to one year.

Step Four – Not long after you receive the receipt notices, your local USCIS office will typically request your
spouse come in for biometrics, i.e. fingerprints, etc… The appointment will be set for your spouse and is
typically unchangeable.

Going to USCIS is similar to checking in at the airport, you will go through a metal detector and present
documents showing that you are supposed to be there. They will typically assign you a number and then
call your number when it is your spouse’s turn. The process takes only a few minutes after the initial wait.
Occasionally a USCIS office will combine Step Four with Step Five.

Step Five – Following biometrics you can expect to receive another letter from the USCIS that assigns you an
interview date. Like mentioned previously, this date is likely to be 3-6 months after filing, though it could be
up to a year. Unlike the fiancé visa interview, this interview is for BOTH you and your spouse. The process of
checking in at the USCIS office is just like in Step Four.

As the Adjustment of Status interview is the grand finale of this journey, we have dedicated an entire
section of this guide to this portion of the process. Please see the ‘Interview’ section towards the end of
this guide.

Conclusion (Sort of…) – After you have had a successful interview, it won’t be long until your spouse gets
his/her Conditional Permanent Resident card, good for two years, in the mail. A congratulations to each of
you is in order, you have made it through a journey that likely lasted a year. While it may have seemed like
forever, your spouse is now a legal resident in the USA, with all the rights therein!

Now the ‘sort of’ part: In two years you will need to ‘remove conditions’ to make your spouse a true
Permanent Resident and put him/her on the path to citizenship. This MUST be filed in the last 90 days
before the Conditional Permanent Resident card expires, i.e. 21 months after your spouse gets their card.
Please keep us informed, we can help with the Removal of Conditions and all the way to Citizenship.

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Cost Breakdown for Adjustment of Status

Costs / Fees may vary, however a typical breakdown of major expenses is as follows:

USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Fee: $1070 (Payment must be made out to: US Department of Homeland Security)

Medical Exam (if needed): $100-$250 (Is probably unnecessary if you came on a K1 visa; vaccinations extra)

Fee for Improper Filing (Non K1 only): $420 (Payment must be made out to: US Department of Homeland Security)

An Adjustment of Status petition for your spouse’s child ALSO incurs the same fee(s) listed above, except the filing
fee is reduced to $635 if they came on a K2 , file with the parent, and are under the age of 14. If the child applicant is
age 14 or older, the USCIS Adjustment of Status filing fee remains $1070.

Needed Information - Petitioner / US Citizen

1. Basic personal data: Your full name, DOB, city/country of birth, gender, phone number, and email.

2. Residential History: List of addresses and start/end dates (month & year) of where you have lived for the past 5
years. Please don’t leave out any periods in time.
a. Employment History: Names, addresses, job titles and start/end dates (month & year) of where you
have worked for the past 5 years. Please don’t leave any gaps in time. If you were unemployed, please
state so.
b. If you were a student, please provide the name and address of the school and dates of enrollment
(month & year) for the past 5 years.

3. Your parents’ full names (mother’s maiden), DOB, city/country of birth, and current city/country of residence. If
deceased, so state. FAQ: If you can’t get all of your parents’ info, just let us know…but do your best to get it.

4. Please include former spouses’ full name (maiden), DOB, Date/Place of Marriage, Date/Place of Termination.
FAQ: Yes, we need ALL previous marriage information, not only the most recent. If your spouse did not
arrive on a K1 visa, we need ALL divorce decrees / death certificates as well.

5. Your Social Security Number and A#, if applicable.

6. Have you ever lived outside of the US for more than 1 year since the age of 16? If yes, please give full address
and dates (month & year) during which you lived abroad.

7. Have you ever worked outside of the US? If yes, please give same details requested for employment history.

8. Any other names used legally in the past? If yes, we need legal documentation of name change.

9. Have you ever filed a petition for your current spouse or anyone else in the past?

10. A copy of your spouse’s I-797 approval letter from the USCIS for the I-129f petition.

11. A check made out to the “Department of Homeland Security” for $1070. Please spell out all words on check
completely using no abbreviations.

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Needed Information - Petitioner / US Citizen – Proof of Financial Support

1) Financial information and documentation:
a. Copy of last 3 federal income tax return: 2009, 2008, 2007 (every single page, with the front page
signed and dated or complete IRS tax transcripts* with the most recent year’s printout to be signed and
dated on the front page
b. Copy of most recent W-2s, 1099s
c. Original letter of employment to include:
i. Current date
ii. Hire date
iii. Job title and nature of employment
iv. Hourly wage or salary paid
v. Hours worked per week to confirm part-time or full-time employment
vi. Your status as a temporary or permanent employee
vii. Signature of HR representative, officer of the company, or other superior
viii. If self-employed, please also submit at least one of the following to prove self-employment:
1. Most recent W-2s, 1099s (if applicable)
2. Copy of business license
3. Copies of Articles of Corporation
4. Report of Commercial Rating Concern
5. Original letter from your accountant stating the number of years they have been
handling your finances and doing your taxes, and confirming your self-employment
ix. If on Disability or Social Security, please also submit:
1. Most recent 1099s
2. Most recent benefits letter from the government
3. Bank statements and/or direct deposit statements from the last 3 months (if applicable)
x. If retired or receiving pension, please also submit:
1. Most recent 1099s
2. Most recent benefits letter from previous employer(s)
3. Bank statements and/or direct deposit statements from the last 3 months (if applicable)

*RECOMMENDED: Transcripts are generally available for the current and past three years and are provided free of
charge. It takes about ten to thirty business days from the time the IRS receives your request for the tax return or tax
account transcript. You can obtain a transcript by calling 800–829–1040 and following the prompts in the recorded
message or by completing and mailing or faxing Form 4506-T (PDF), Request for Transcript of Tax Return, to the address
listed in the instructions.

If you need a cosponsor, he/she will be responsible for submitting the above requirements and proof of citizenship
(i.e. state-issued birth certificate or biographical page of US passport).

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Needed Information – Beneficiary / Spouse

English Native Alphabet

First Name N/A
Middle Name N/A unless not K1, then foreign
Last Name
All Other Legal Names Used address needed.
(including Maiden name) N/A unless not K1, then foreign

Street # address needed.
N/A unless not K1, then foreign
Street Name
address needed.
Apartment # N/A unless not K1, then foreign

City address needed.
N/A unless not K1, then foreign
State / Province
address needed.
Country N/A unless not K1, then foreign
Zip/Postal Code
address needed.
N/A

Phone Number N/A

DOB N/A

Place of Birth (City/Country) N/A

Please clearly specify each address component.

1. Residential History:
a. List the addresses and start/end dates (month & year) of where your spouse has lived for the past 5
years. Please don’t leave any gaps in time.

2. Address where spouse’s child intends to live in US, if different than the petitioner’s current address.
a. Name of person and home/cell/work number of person living at this address

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3. Employment History: Names, addresses, job titles, phone numbers, and start/end dates (month & year) of
where your spouse has worked for the past 5 years. Please also indicate periods of unemployment, and leave
no gaps in time frame. Also, please give the name of your spouse’s supervisor for his/her last three jobs.

4. Your spouse’s parents’ full names (mother’s maiden name), DOB, city/ country of birth, and current addresses.
If deceased, so state and indicate year of death.

5. Please include former spouses’ full name (maiden), DOB, Date/Place of Marriage, Date/Place of Termination.
FAQ: Yes, we need ALL previous marriage information here too, not just the most recent. If you did not
arrive on a K1 visa, we need ALL divorce decrees / death certificates as well.

6. Two passport style photos or one digital copy. We suggest going to get these done professionally because of
detailed specifications which include:

a. Include a full face, front view and open eyes
b. Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to shoulders
c. Take the photo in a plain white or off-white background
d. Avoid shadows on the face or background
e. Face in photo should have a natural expression (closed mouth)
f. Photos should not include sunglasses or hats
g. The contrast and lighting in the photo should be normal
h. Sized 2”x 2”

7. Children: List all children to include first, middle, and last name, DOB (month/day/year),
city/state/province/country of birth, present address, and whether any children under the age of 21 will adjust
status with you..

8. Any criminal history? If yes, please disclose the nature of the crime as official court documents may be
required.

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9. Any other names used legally in the past? If yes, we need legal documentation of name change and English
translation, if applicable.

10. Has your spouse been to the US before? If so, we need the dates of entry/exit for all trips to the USA and the
states visited on each trip. Further, has your spouse overstayed a US visa or entered the country without
inspection?

11. Has your spouse ever applied for permanent residence before?
12. A copy of your spouse’s international passport.
13. A copy of your spouse’s K1 visa from passport.
14. The K1 Visa nonimmigrant number.
15. Your spouse’s A#.
16. A copy of your spouse’s valid I-94 form (front and back).
17. Copy of birth certificate and certified English translation, if applicable.
18. Home/work/cell phone number
19. Email address
20. List your present and past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation,

party, club, society or similar group in the United States or in other places since your 16th birthday. Include
any foreign military service in this part. If none, write "none." Include the name(s) of organization(s), location(s),
dates of membership, from and to, and the nature of the organization(s).

21. Have you ever applied for employment authorization in the USA? If so, when and what USCIS office?
22. Do you intend to travel out of the country in the next year? If so, when, where, and what is the purpose of

your travel?

If you have any questions about the ‘Needed Info’, please let us know.

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Needed Information – Spouse & Children - Standard Government Questions

Please answer the following questions. (If your answer is "Yes" on any one of these questions, explain):

1. Have you EVER, in or outside the United States:

a. Knowingly committed any crime of moral turpitude or a drug related offense for which you have not
been arrest?

b. Been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or
ordinance, excluding traffic violations?

c. Been the beneficiary of a pardon, amnesty, rehabilitation decree, other act of clemency or similar
action?

d. Exercised diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution for a criminal offense in the United States?

2. Have you received public assistance in the United States from any source, including the United States
government or any state, county, city or municipality (other than emergency medical treatment), or are you
likely to receive public assistance in the future?

3. Have you EVER:
a. Within the past ten years been a prostitute or procured anyone for prostitution, or intend to engage in
such activities in the future?
b. Engaged in any unlawful commercialized vice, including, but not limited to, illegal gambling?
c. Knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted or aided any alien to try to enter the United States
illegally?
d. Illicitly trafficked in any controlled substance, or knowingly assisted, abetted or colluded in the illicit
trafficking of any controlled substance?

4. Have you EVER engaged in, conspired to engage in, or do you intend to engage in, or have you ever solicited
membership or funds for, or have you through any means ever assisted or provided any type of material
support to any person or organization that has ever engaged or conspired to engage in sabotage, kidnapping,
political assassination, hijacking or any other form of terrorist activity?

5. Do you intend to engage in the United States in:
a. Espionage?
b. Any activity a purpose of which is opposition to, or the control or overthrow of, the government of the
United States, by force, violence or other unlawful means?
c. Any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods,
technology or sensitive information?

6. Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, the Communist Party or any other totalitarian
party?

7. Did you, during the period from March 23, 1933 to May 8, 1945, in association with either the Nazi
Government of Germany or any organization or government associated or allied with the Nazi Government of
Germany, ever order, incite, assist or otherwise participate in the persecution of any person because of race,
religion, national origin or political opinion?

8. Have you ever been deported from the United States, or removed from the United States at government
expense, excluded within the past year, or are you now in exclusion, deportation, removal or rescission
proceedings?

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9. Are you under a final order of civil penalty for violating section 274C of the Immigration and Nationality Act for
use of fraudulent documents or have you, by fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact, ever sought
to procure, or procured, a visa, other documentation, entry into the United States or any immigration benefit?

10. Have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces?

11. Have you ever been a J nonimmigrant exchange visitor who was subject to the two-year foreign residence
requirement and have not yet complied with that requirement or obtained a waiver?

12. Are you now withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted
custody of the child?

13. Do you plan to practice polygamy in the United States?

14. Have you EVER ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in any
of the following:
a. Acts involving torture or genocide?
b. Killing any person?
c. Intentionally and severely injuring any person?
d. Engaging in any kind of sexual contact or relations with any person who was being forced or
threatened?
e. Limiting or denying any person’s ability to exercise religion belief?

15. Have you EVER:
a. Served in, been a member of, assisted in, or participated in any military unit, paramilitary unit, police
unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerrilla group, militia or insurgent organization?
b. Served in any prison, jail, prison camp, detention facility, labor camp, or any other situation that
involved detaining persons?

16. Have you EVER been a member of, assisted in, or participated in any group, unit, or organization of any kind in
which you or other persons used any type of weapon against any person or threatened to do so?

17. Have you EVER assisted or participated in selling or providing weapons to any person who to your knowledge
used them against another person, or in transporting weapons to any person who to your knowledge used
them against another person?

18. Have you EVER received any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training?

If you have answered YES to any of the questions above, contact us to discuss.

Both your spouse and all children adjusting status will need to answer the ‘Standard Gov’t Questions’.

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Needed Information – About Your Relationship

We need the following information to BOTH prove that you are married, AND that you have a genuine
relationship. The proof of the actual marriage and some of the proof of your genuine marriage will be
submitted with your petition. However, you will want to collect and bring the majority of the proof for your
genuine marriage to the actual interview.

Proof You are Actually Married

1. We need a certified copy of your marriage certificate with a certified translation, if applicable.

2. Photos: Some of your Wedding and general ‘loving’ photos together.
a. Upload 5+ color photos together or of each of you at least at the same venue. Please describe where, when,
and with whom each photo is taken.

Proof You Have a Genuine Marriage

3. Information showing the co-mingling of resources and other evidence showing cohabitation.
a. Joint bank account statement.
b. Lease(s) showing both of your names.
c. Utility bill(s) showing both names.
d. Evidence of children together.
e. Affidavits from friends, family, or neighbors.
f. Car / Health / Life insurance in both names.

We don’t want them to question the validity of your marriage, so please send as much evidence in support of
your marriage as you can.

4. Evidence of other gifts and items that establish your genuine relationship.

REMEMBER: Save all proof of your genuine relationship throughout this process. You will then take the
suggested items with you to the USCIS interview.

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Needed Information – Beneficiary / Spouse’s Children

All AOS applicants (children of your spouse) will need their own packet with all of the above to be
submitted to the USCIS and at the interview. If there is more than one child coming, we need this
information for each person. This info includes the Standard Questions listed in the Spouse section.

We need the following grid filled out. Please clearly specify each address component:

English Native Alphabet

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

All Other Legal Names Used N/A
(including Maiden name)

Street # N/A

Street Name N/A

Apartment # N/A

City N/A

State / Province N/A

Country N/A
Zip/Postal Code N/A

Phone Number N/A
DOB N/A
Place of Birth (City/Country) N/A

Needed Information – Spouse’s Children

1. Residential History:
a. All places lived since for past 5 years. Include city/state/province/country and dates of residency
(month/year).

2. Address where spouse’s child intends to live in US, if different than the petitioner’s current address.
a. Name of person and home/cell/work number of person living at this address

3. Employment History: Names, addresses, job titles, phone numbers, and start/end dates (month & year) of
where your spouse’s child has worked for the past 5 years. Please also indicate periods of unemployment, and
leave no gaps in time frame.

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4. Educational History: Names and addresses of all educational institutions attended, dates of enrollment
(month/date/year), course(s) of study, and degrees/diplomas earned.

5. Two passport style photos or one digital copy. We suggest going to get these done professionally because of
detailed specifications which include:

i. Include a full face, front view and open eyes
j. Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to shoulders
k. Take the photo in a plain white or off-white background
l. Avoid shadows on the face or background
m. Face in photo should have a natural expression (closed mouth)
n. Photos should not include sunglasses or hats
o. The contrast and lighting in the photo should be normal
p. Sized 2”x 2”

6. Any criminal history? If yes, please disclose the nature of the crime as official court documents may be
required.

7. Any other names used legally in the past? If yes, we need legal documentation of name change and English
translation, if applicable.

8. Has your spouse’s child been to the US before? If so, we need the dates of entry/exit for all trips to the USA and
the states visited on each trip. Further, has your spouse’s child overstayed a US visa or entered the country
without inspection?

9. Has your spouse’s child ever applied for permanent residence before?

10. A copy of your spouse’s child’s international passport.

11. A copy of your spouse’s child’s K2 visa from passport.

12. The K1 Visa nonimmigrant number.

13. Your spouse’s child’s A#.

14. A copy of your spouse’s child’s valid I-94 form (front and back).

15. Copy of birth certificate and certified English translation, if applicable.

16. Home/work/cell phone number

17. Email address

18. List your present and past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation,
party, club, society or similar group in the United States or in other places since your 16th birthday. Include
any foreign military service in this part. If none, write "none." Include the name(s) of organization(s), location(s),
dates of membership, from and to, and the nature of the organization(s).

19. Information about the father of your spouse’s child: full name, DOB, city/ country of birth, and current
addresses. If deceased, so state and indicate year of death.

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Helpful Hints to Ensure Approval

Tip One – Follow the Instructions!!! Provide complete and accurate responses to ALL of the questions we
ask. We ask these questions because the USCIS / NVC / US Embassy is asking these questions. Incomplete or
inaccurate answers will delay your progress and result in us both wasting time on your case. If submitted
incomplete, the result will be at best a request for evidence, however it could be a rejection or denial.

Tip Two – If you have a question, please first reread this guide. That said, if you need further assistance
please call or email us. Generally, anyone that answers your call will be able to assist you with your needs;
however your caseworker knows your case best. Please understand that repeated inquiries do serve to slow
the process. We cannot efficiently work on your case and provide play-by-play updates. Understand that
we are working as quickly as is prudent to get your case filed and approved.

Tip Three – Be ready for the interview. The interview is where all of your efforts to start your lives here
culminate. You will need to resubmit everything

Tip Four – If your spouse is still learning English, enroll your spouse in ESL (English as a Second Language)
classes as soon as possible, and practice together as often as you can. The more you are able to adequately
communicate with your spouse as shown at the interview, the better your chances of approval.

The USCIS Interview

The USCIS will typically give you about 1-2 months warning in advance of the interview. Unlike the K1
interview, here you are both required to attend. After checking in at your local USCIS office, a USCIS agent
will call both you and your spouse back for the interview.

The interview typically lasts about 10-30 minutes. The agent will review the paperwork that you filed,
review the relationship evidence you have brought, and begin to ask you and your spouse anywhere from a
few to many questions about your relationship. In almost all cases, this process will wrap up with the
‘Standard Government Questions’ (listed previously) and typically an acknowledgement that you were
successful. While not all officials will tell you the result immediately, unless you hear something negative,
the Conditional Permanent Resident card will arrive at your home within a couple of weeks.

Review the ‘Sample Interview Questions’ below to ensure you are adequately prepared for the interview.

What You Will Need to Take to the Interview

This is only an example checklist of what will need to be taken to the interview. You will receive an I-797C
appointment notice from USCIS with an appointment date, time, and location, and an exact list of the items
requested for the interview.

• The Interview Appointment Notice and your Government issued photo identification.
• A completed medical examination (Form 1-693) and vaccination supplement in a sealed envelope

(unless already submitted).

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• A completed Affidavit(s) of Support (Form 1-864) with all required evidence, including the following,
for each of your sponsors (unless already submitted):
o Federal Income Tax returns and W-2's, or certified IRS printouts, for the most recent tax year;
D Letters from each current employer, verifying current rate of pay and average weekly hours,
and pay stubs for the past 2 months; D Evidence of your sponsor's and/or co-sponsor's United
States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status.

• All documentation establishing your eligibility for Lawful' Permanent Resident status.
• Any immigration-related documentation ever issued to you, including any Employment

Authorization Document (EAD) and any Authorization for Advance Parole (Form 1-512).
• All travel documents used to enter the United States, including Passports, Advance Parole

documents (1-512) and 1-94s (Arrival/Departure Document).
• Your Birth Certificate.
• Your petitioner's Birth Certificate and your petitioner's evidence of United States Citizenship or

Lawful Permanent Resident Status.
• If you have children, bring a Birth Certificate for each of your children. D If your eligibility is based on

your marriage, in addition to your spouse coming to the interview with you, bring:
o A certified copy of your Marriage Document issued by the appropriate civil authority;
o Your spouse's Birth Certificate and your spouse's evidence of United States Citizenship or
Lawful Permanent Resident status;
o If either you or your spouse were ever married before, all divorce decrees/death certificates
for each prior marriage/former spouse;
o Birth Certificates for all children of this marriage, and custody papers for your children and for
your spouse's children not living with you;

• Supporting evidence of your relationship, such as copies of any documentation regarding joint
assets or liabilities you and your spouse may have together. This may include: tax returns, bank
statements, insurance documents (car, life, health), property documents (car, house, etc.), rental
agreements, utility bills, credit cards, contracts, leases, photos, correspondence and/or any other
documents you feel may substantiate your relationship.

• Original and copy of each supporting document that you submitted with your application.
Otherwise, we may keep your originals for our records.

• If you have ever been arrested, bring the related Police Report and the original or certified Final Court
Disposition for each arrest, even if the charges have been dismissed or expunged, If no court record
is available, bring a letter from the court with jurisdiction indicating this.

• A certified English translation for each foreign language document. The translator must certify that
s/he is fluent in both languages, and that the translation in its entirety IS complete and accurate,

*NOTE: Every adult (over 18 years of age) who comes to the interview must bring government-issued photo
identification, such as a driver's license or ID card, in order to enter the building and to verify his/her identity
at the time of the interview. You do not need to bring your children unless otherwise instructed. Please be
on time, but do not arrive more than 45 minutes early. Your interview may be recorded or videotaped.

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Sample Interview Questions

The US Embassy does not give out a guide or advice on what your spouse should expect to be asked at the
interview. However, the general nature of the questioning is to determine the validity of your marriage. Our
clients have reported the following questions being asked:

• How did you meet your spouse?
• When did you meet in person? When was the last time you met your spouse? Where?
• How long have you known each other?
• How much time have you spent together?
• How often do you communicate? How do you communicate?
• Does your spouse speak your language? Do you speak English?
• When did your spouse propose?
• How did your families feel about your plans to get married?
• Did you have an engagement party?
• Did you make a formal announcement of your engagement to family and friends?
• When and where did you have the wedding?
• Did your friends / family attend the wedding?
• What does your spouse do for a living? What is his/her title at work?
• Does your spouse have any brothers and sisters?
• How old is your spouse? When is your spouse’s birthday?
• Where does your spouse live?
• Where do your spouse’s parents live?
• Does your spouse have any children? How many, how old? Do they live with your spouse?
• Are you willing to take care of your spouse’s children if they live with him/her?
• When did your spouse divorce?
• Why didn’t your spouse’s first/last marriage work out?
• Why didn’t your first/last marriage work out?
• Were you bothered by the big age gap between the two of you?
• Are you using your spouse simply to move to the USA?
• Do you plan on having children? When?
• Are you currently pregnant?
• Do you sleep in the same bed?
• When is the last time you had sex?
• Do you have any relatives in the United States?
• Do you plan on working in the US?
• Do you plan on studying in the US?
• Have you ever engaged in prostitution?
• Have you ever served in the military or in espionage?

These are all generic questions and could be altered and/or entirely different in your situation. In general, if
you have a valid marriage, you have nothing to fear. If you want additional support for your spouse,
typically in their native-language, please let us know. We can upgrade you to the Platinum Package which
provides additional support for your loved one.

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Miscellaneous Interview Issues

In rare circumstances, where the USCIS official is suspicious of fraud, they may split you both up into
different rooms and ask questions of you separately. They then compare the answers to determine if your
relationship is indeed false. We’ve yet to see this happen to any of our clients.

Non K1 Visa Holders: Expect many questions about your intentions when you applied for the ‘other’ visa and your
intentions when you crossed the border into the USA using it. If they believe that you applied for another visa type
with the intent to marry, not to be a tourist/student for example, there is a risk of deportation based on visa fraud.

The Fine Print - Summary of Services –Adjustment of Status Package

• Preparation of all USCIS Spouse Visa Forms
o FC-029
o I-485(Takes approximately 4-12 months to Process)
o I-131 (Takes approximately 2-3 months to Process)
o I-765 (Takes approximately 2-3 months to Process)
o G-325A Petitioner
o G-325A Beneficiary
o All Required Attachments

• Assemble all Required Personal Documents and Evidence
• Compile all relevant Petition(s)
• File Petition(s) with USCIS
• Provide Sample Interview Questions (See Above)
• Provide Assistance throughout this Process

Retainer Agreement / Terms and Conditions

This Retainer Agreement confirms the terms of our service. You are bound by
this Agreement when you hire our services:

Definitions:

Law Office – EasyFianceVisa.com, LLC and Supervising Attorney Deron Smallcomb.
Client – The United States Citizen Petitioner that retained our services.
Beneficiary – The Foreign Citizen that is either engaged or married to the Petitioner.
USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
NVC – National Visa Center / US Department of State.
US Embassy – United States Embassy in the Alien fiancée’s country of residence that grants the final approval of the
immigration benefit sought.
K1 Visa – The governments name for a fiancé(e) visa, for couples that intend to marry in the USA.
CR1 Visa – The governments name for an immigrant visa based on marriage
Welcome Email – The email that the Law Office sends the Client upon signup / retaining us. It will include the exact
forms we will prepare, the username and password for our secure information gathering website, and the informational
guide and checklist for the immigration benefit sought.

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Terms and Conditions

1. Selection of Attorney
You as the Client have retained the Law Office to represent you and your fiancé or spouse
(hereinafter referred to as Beneficiary) in an immigration matter.

2. Legal Fees
The costs of our services are listed on our websites and are confirmed by either purchase online or in the Welcome
Email. If a payment plan was agreed upon, the entire legal fee is due before we file any paperwork with USCIS.

3. Related Costs
The Client will be responsible for and separately pay all applicable fees associated with the process, including but not
limited to: USCIS filing fee, NVC fee, medical examination fee, document
translation fee, and/or the US Embassy issuance fee.

4. Duties

Preparation of Government Forms:
The Law Office will prepare all required government forms in an accurate manner based upon the information and
documents that the Client and Beneficiary provide. The exact forms we will prepare are based on the nature of the
immigration matter that you hired us for and are specifically listed in the Welcome Email.

The completed forms will be sent to the Petitioner for signature electronically.

Supporting Document Collection:
The Law Office will provide the Petitioner with a list of all necessary supporting documents for the preparation and filing
of your immigration forms. Client must provide the documents requested to the Law Office.

Filing with USICS and NVC
Once the immigration forms are signed and returned to the Law Office by the Client and
Beneficiary, along with the supporting documents, the Law Office will file the completed petition with USCIS. Not
applicable to ‘K1 Basic’ Clients.

Contact with USICS and NVC
The Law Office reserves the right to handle all telephone, mail, and fax contact with USCIS. In rare circumstances, the
Law Office may ask the Client to voluntarily contact the US Embassy to aid our office’s efforts to expedite the case or
have it approved.

Contact with the US Embassy
The Law Office reserves the right to handle all telephone, mail, and fax contact with the US
Embassy. The Client or Beneficiary however is responsible for setting the interview appointment at the US Embassy and
bringing to the interview all Law Office prepared forms and required supporting documentation. In rare circumstances,
the Law Office may ask the Client to voluntarily contact the US Embassy to aid our office’s efforts to expedite the case or
have it approved.

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5. Attorney / Client Relationship
Upon hire, there exists an attorney to client confidentiality relationship. This relationship requires that we not disclose
client confidences without your permission. All of your communications with our offices will be treated in confidence.
This privilege exists to encourage candid and complete communications between the Client and the Law Office.

As such, the Client agrees to inform, and keep the Law Office aware, of all information, even if negative or adverse to
the Client, that might be relevant to legal representation in this matter.
Failure to fully disclose all relevant information to may be grounds for cancellation of
representation, at the discretion of the Law Office.

Client acknowledges that Deron Smallcomb is the supervising attorney for the Law Office but that your primary contact
and caseworker is not an attorney. If legal advice is required at any point during the process, Client should ask to speak
with Deron Smallcomb directly.

We expect that all information given by the Client and Beneficiary to the Law Office, either orally or in writing will be
accurate to the best of your knowledge. If the Law Office discovers that any information the Client or Beneficiary
supplies us is willfully inaccurate or false, the Law Office is ethically bound to immediately withdraw from representation
as required by law.

6. Limits of Engagement
Client agrees that the legal services to be provided under this Agreement are limited to the matter described in the
Welcome Email. Upon completion of that matter or upon earlier termination of the relationship as provided herein, the
attorney-client relationship shall end unless the Client and the Law Office have expressly agreed to a continuation with
respect to other matters and a separate written agreement concerning those other matters has been entered into by
the parties.

7. Money Back Guarantee / Refund Policy
We will refund your service fee if your USCIS Petition is denied. Our Guarantee does not apply to the 'K1 Visa Basic' $195
Package or to the following limited circumstances:
• The Client or Beneficiary provides us with a material misrepresentation or fraudulent
material,
• The Client and Beneficiary have not met personally within the past two years,
• The Client and Beneficiary don't have a genuine bona fide and committed relationship as determined by the US
Embassy,
• The Client or Beneficiary have been involved in prior immigration proceedings,
• The Client or Beneficiary fails to answer the interviewer’s questions,
• The Client or Beneficiary have prior convictions,
• The Client’s income does not exceed the required poverty guidelines and in countries other than Philippines, cannot
secure a qualified co-sponsor for the application; or
• The Client or Beneficiary doesn't provide supporting documentation or requested
information necessary to complete the application.

The Money Back Guarantee / Refund PolicyDOES NOT APPLY to any circumstances where the Client or Beneficiary break
up, had a change or heart, decided not to proceed, or anything relating to elective termination of the Agreement after
retaining the Law Office.

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8. Website Information for Advertisement Purposes
The materials on the Law Office’s websites have been prepared to permit visitors to our web site to learn more about
the services we offer. These materials do not, and are not intended to, constitute legal advice and should not be relied
upon as such. Neither transmission nor receipt of such materials will create an attorney-client relationship between the
sender and receiver.

9. Free Consultation
Our Free Consultation is intended only to prequalify a potential Client for our services. The staff at the Law Office do not
offer legal advice, as they are typically not attorneys. As such, you should not act or rely on any information provided in
the Free Consultation. Only existing paying Clients have access to the supervising attorney for legal advice.

10. Case Acceptance by the Law Office
As many Clients purchase online on our web site before we can qualify them, we are not bound to perform any services
unless we choose to accept your case. If we choose to not accept you as a client, we will refund your fees. If we choose
to perform services, you are bound by this Agreement.

11. Limitation of Liability
At no time and under no circumstances arising from the obligations under this Agreement, or
otherwise related, will the Law Office, its employees or agents, and/or Deron Smallcomb be liable, financially or
otherwise, for more than the Legal Fee paid by that particular client. The jurisdiction governing any dispute is the State
of California.

EasyFianceVisa.com, LLC
www.EasyFianceVisa.com
www.EasyMarriageVisa.com
4901 Morena Blvd., Suite 111
San Diego, CA 92117
Phone (888) 902-9285
Fax (619) 862-2305
Email: [email protected]

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